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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13, "What Would You Do If You Were President?".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is this letter from Louis Sears to Dexter Peterson confidential and personal?
(a) Dexter would not read the letter otherwise
(b) Sears and Peterson are long time friends and trust one another
(c) Sears is not allowed to send regular correspondence
(d) Sears is passing government secrets

2. Who proposed a solution to the problem?
(a) Gilbert MacWhite
(b) An American editor
(c) Joe Bing
(d) Marie MacIntosh

3. What does U Maung Swe recommend to MacWhite?
(a) Allow the communists to take over
(b) Obtain a chinese mistress
(c) Bring John Colvin back to Sarkahn
(d) Resign from the foreign service

4. What does Louis Sears ask Peterson to do for him?
(a) Send a color television for the embassy
(b) Pay for a swimming pool at the embassy
(c) Find a staff who is competent and efficient
(d) Recruit a staff for Sarkhan that will make Sears look good.

5. What organization does U Maung Swe speak of that provided aid in an acceptable manner?
(a) The Ford Foundation
(b) GMAC
(c) The Gates Foundation
(d) Union Carbide

Short Answer Questions

1. What statement did the Ambassador give to the editors?

2. Why did the Ambassador resent this move?

3. What does Sears think could increase morale at the embassy in Sarkhan?

4. How many native communists does Sears claim to have met?

5. What first caused Father Finian to realize the dangers of communism?

(see the answer key)

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